Woman, unable to stop due to slick roads, crashes into train

The following is a news release and photo from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

FORT HALL – The Fort Hall Police Department received a call at 4:04 p.m. Thursday of a train and car accident at Sheepskin and Treaty Highway.

Officers arrived and found the driver, Amanda Vongmany, was traveling west on Sheepskin in a Mitsubishi Galant and was unable to stop due to road conditions and hit the train. She did not sustain any injuries and the vehicle was towed.

Tribal Transportation Department Manager Pete Broncho said both Agency Road and Sheepskin Railroad crossing is closed until Union Pacific Railroad can complete their investigation. Traffic is detoured to the Boarding School Crossing and at the Cattle Trails.